Feb. 16, 2010
Allard Beutel
Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
321-867-2468
allard.beutel@nasa.gov
Katherine Trinidad
Headquarters, Washington
202-358-1100
katherine.trinidad@nasa.gov
James Hartsfield
Johnson Space Center, Houston
281-483-5111
james.a.hartsfield@nasa.gov
MEDIA ADVISORY: M10-026
NASA SETS OUT OF THIS WORLD NEWS CONFERENCE WITH SHUTTLE ENDEAVOUR AND SPACE STATION CREWS
HOUSTON - The 11 crew members aboard space shuttle Endeavour and the
International Space Station will hold a news conference at 9:39 p.m.
EST on Thursday, Feb. 18.
U.S. reporters may ask questions in person from NASA's Johnson Space
Center in Houston, NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida and NASA
Headquarters in Washington. A portion of the news conference will be
set aside for Japanese reporters.
To participate in the news conference, U.S. journalists must call the
public affairs office at their preferred NASA center by 5 p.m.
Wednesday. Media must be in place at participating locations at least
20 minutes prior to the start of the news conference.
NASA Television will provide live coverage of the 40-minute news
conference. For NASA TV downlink, schedule and streaming video
information, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/ntv
During Endeavour's STS-130 mission, astronauts installed the
Tranquility node, a module that provides additional room for crew
members and many of the space station's life support and
environmental control systems. Attached to Tranquility is a cupola
with seven windows that provide a panoramic view of Earth, celestial
objects and visiting spacecraft. Tranquility and its cupola are the
final major U.S. portions of the station. The orbiting laboratory now
is approximately 90 percent complete in terms of mass.
For more information about the STS-130 mission and its crew, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/shuttle
For more information about the space station and its crew, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/station
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